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Montgomery also worked at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for almost a half-century, operating on such patients as the actor Jack Klugman, who played Oscar in “The Odd Couple” TV show and who suffered from vocal chord paralysis. Montgomery developed and inserted a special implant into Klugman’s throat to keep one of the damaged chords from opening, restoring Klugman’s voice...
...area of the ear, he made some very lasting contributions to the management of acoustic neuromas, which are common benign tumors which affect the inner ear,” said HMS Lecompte Professor of Otology and Laryngology Joseph B. Nadol, Jr. “What’s incredible is that he did that again and again in other subspecialities. Any of us would be proud to have made those contributions in one area—it’s a tribute to his ingenuity and devotion to his patients...
Wish's students, who are selected on a first-come, first-served basis, learn to play by ear, not by reading music--a kind of Suzuki method meets the Rolling Stones. They almost immediately start improvising and writing surprisingly good songs--an 8 year-old's composition, Little Dinosaur, downloadable on littlekids rock.org is a child-size Sgt. Pepper's--era Beatles tune. The musical styles range from rap to folk rock. When a classmate plays a moody new original at North Star one morning, "it makes me think of some old Bob Dylan stuff," says Jessica Dunston...
Pappaw was dazzling with machines. He was Mr. Fix-it meets Dr. Doolittle, and with his ear to his car, his water heater, his garbage disposal—anything with moving parts—he could diagnose their afflictions. I tried to learn his secrets, to hear for myself the aches and pains that machines would confide in him. Whenever one of our family cars began to stutter or strain back in Pennsylvania, my Dad would call Pappaw and carry the phone out to the garage so that the doctor could listen. Pappaw often pinpointed problems just like that...
...about a hundred people fell over and a nervous pandemonium ensued. The security guards scrambled to help the fallen, while Julian took the opportunity to jump back down to us, singing the last verse of the song with his face inches away from a distracted bouncer’s ear. As the lights darted from Julian to the chaos in front of him, the mischevious nogoodnik grinned, and raised his index finger to his lips, as if to say “Don’t tell him I’m here...